Havana Room vs The Hamilton Case: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Mystery and detective, Legal stories, Fiction
Havana Room
A fallen New York lawyer unlocks a world of intrigue and murder in a mysterious steakhouse in this crime noir thriller by the author of Afterburn. Bill Wyeth is a rising real estate attorney living the lofty heights of…
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The Hamilton Case
"The place is Ceylon, the time the 1930s. Set amid tea plantations and jungle, decay, corruption and the backwash of empire, this gripping, nuanced novel has a pitch-perfect ear for the comedy and a sharp eye for the…
The verdict
- Readers rate Havana Room highest: Havana Room 3.8 · The Hamilton Case 3.3.
- The Hamilton Case has the widest readership — 898 ratings behind its score.
- The Hamilton Case runs the darker storyline; Havana Room stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Havana Room | The Hamilton Case | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.3 (898) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| Havana Room | The Hamilton Case | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 898 |
| Editions | 5 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 842 |
| Reading it now | — | 47 |
| Written reviews | — | 145 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 150 |
| Pages | 400 | 312 |